“We’re still in the race, we know we can still catch United,” he said.

“If we can get three points from every match and hope that United slip up here and there, we can maybe start to put some pressure on them.

“We would be fooling ourselves if we thought it was going to be easy. It will be very tough, but by picking up the points we will be fighting, believe me we will be fighting and while it is still mathematically possible, we will be going for it.”